Were They Really the Good Old Days?

Egbert · Feb 4, 2014

"I once heard that there is a global conspiracy to raise third world living standards at the cost of the living standards of industrialized nations. Seems, this has been accomplished!"

Yep, it's called NAFTA, GATT, TPP, WTO or any other set of letters that refers to Free Trade agreements. All of these are sold as plans to lift the world while, in truth, they only bring the US down to 3rd world status.

MotorSeven · Feb 4, 2014

Industrial Toys said:
Who are these people that are constantly and increasingly attempting to destroy our way of life? But maybe of more importance and relevance. How did these people get this power to affect such change, when MOST, it seems to me, are against this kind of thinking?

They are...............The enemy within & they exist because we let them....{we}(myself included) are guilty of standing by and letting this happen.

ultrarunner · Feb 4, 2014

One thing... in the good old days my first computer cost several months wages... it was an apple// with lqp printer and two disk drives... about $3,000

Last computer I bought was $199 from walmart with windows 7

Also, the water bill was a few dollars around $7 and now Mom pays around $200... nothing has changed... still the same amount of water flowing through the same pipes in the same house.

oldballs · Feb 4, 2014

MotorSeven.....Ditto what you said in the longer post.....are you really that old?????just sayin' and...BTW was drafted into the Army,...did my time...and they didn't ask me if I was comfortable with that. "Yes Sir"!

Looking4new · Feb 5, 2014

Industrial Toys said:
I was told, that pick up trucks today despite some costing almost 100gs (here in Canada) have never been cheaper. I find this hard to believe.

I once heard that there is a global conspiracy to raise third world living standards at the cost of the living standards of industrialized nations. Seems, this has been accomplished!

In 1964 I sold a brand new plain jane Chev pickup, 6 cyl, 3 spd standard on the tree, standard steering and brakes, no radio for $2400.oo

Go ahead and try to pay that today, you will get laughed right out of the dealership, yet it was our tax dollars that bailed GM out.

Looking4new · Feb 5, 2014

When I went to school, a failing kid (me) didn't get promoted until he met the grade. I flunked grades 2,7,9. Nowadays the kids get promoted whether they can even spell their own name or not.

brewdog · Feb 5, 2014

For sure Simple times, simple laws, not the suffocating laws and taxes we deal with today. Less people then, now it's absolutely a rat race.

Loren49 · Feb 5, 2014

brewdog said:
For sure Simple times, simple laws, not the suffocating laws and taxes we deal with today. Less people then, now it's absolutely a rat race.

Tax rates are far below those of the good old days.
https://www.google.com/search?q=us+...raph_of_the_day_for_september_9.html;1288;848

Much of the rat race is driven by the desire to have so many things. If we could live with the things people had in the 1940s it would be different.

Loren

MotorSeven · Feb 5, 2014

OB...56... missed the draft by a couple of months. Almost joined the Army a few years later but changed my mind after being sent to Ft Polk Louisiana for a weekend(ROTC)....the late 70's was not good to the Army.

smstonypoint · Feb 5, 2014

Looking4new said:
In 1964 I sold a brand new plain jane Chev pickup, 6 cyl, 3 spd standard on the tree, standard steering and brakes, no radio for $2400.oo

Go ahead and try to pay that today, you will get laughed right out of the dealership, yet it was our tax dollars that bailed GM out.

That $2400 equates to about $18,000 in today's dollars (CPI Inflation Calculator).

I don't know for sure, but you might be able to buy a new bare-bones pickup for $18,000 today. The bare-boned pickup of today is going to have a lot of features that 1964 model didn't have.

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Steve

* Whatever you do, don't read this as an endorsement of the bailout in any shape or form.